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Spiritual, Religious, and Cultural Aspects of Carehttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780190244231.001.0001/med-9780190244231
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780190244231.png" alt="Spiritual, Religious, and Cultural Aspects of Care"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>
Betty R.
Ferrell
Betty R. Ferrell
Director and Professor, City of Hope Division of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780190244231</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Nurse, HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780190244231.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2015</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2015-09</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
Spiritual, Religious, and Cultural Aspects of Care is the fifth volume in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals series. Chapters address how to conduct a spiritual assessment of patients and families, spiritual interventions including compassionate presence, listening deeply, bearing witness, and being compassionate, how to partner with the patient and family to ensure culture guides the plan of care, how to find meaning in illness, the many dimensions of hope and its influence on the dying process. The content of the concise, clinically-focused volumes in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals series prepares nurses for certification exams as well as quick-reference in daily practice. Plentiful tables and patient teaching points make these volumes useful resources for nurses.
</p>Betty R. Ferrell2015-09Psychosocial Palliative Carehttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780199917402.001.0001/med-9780199917402
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780199917402.png" alt="Psychosocial Palliative Care"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>
William S.
Breitbart
William S. Breitbart
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Yesne
Alici
Yesne Alici
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Weill Medical College of Cornell University
</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780199917402</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Psychiatry, Doctor, Qualified, specialist, Qualified, late specialism training, Other</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780199917402.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2014</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>201408</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
This online resource guides the psycho-oncologist through the most salient aspects of effective psychiatric care of patients with advanced illnesses. It reviews basic concepts and definitions of palliative care and the experience of dying, the assessment and management of major psychiatric complications of life-threatening illness, including psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic approaches, and covers issues such as bereavement, spirituality, cultural sensitivity, communication and psychiatric contributions to common physical symptom control. A global perspective on death and palliative care is taken throughout, and an appendix provides a comprehensive list of international palliative care resources and training programs.
</p>William S. Breitbart and Yesne Alici201408Pediatric Palliative Carehttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780190244187.001.0001/med-9780190244187
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780190244187.png" alt="Pediatric Palliative Care"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>
Betty R.
Ferrell
Betty R. Ferrell
Director and Professor, City of Hope Division of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780190244187</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Paediatrics, Nurse, HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780190244187.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2015</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2015-09</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
Pediatric palliative care is a field of significant growth as health care systems recognize the benefits of palliative care in areas such as neonatal intensive care, pediatric ICU, and chronic pediatric illnesses. Pediatric Palliative Care, the fourth volume in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals series, highlights key issues related to the field. Chapters address pediatric hospice, symptom management, pediatric pain, the neonatal intensive care unit, transitioning goals of care between the emergency department and intensive care unit, and grief and bereavement in pediatric palliative care. The content of the concise, clinically-focused volumes in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals series prepares nurses for certification exams as well as quick-reference in daily practice. Plentiful tables and patient teaching points make these volumes useful resources for nurses.
</p>Betty R. Ferrell2015-09Emergencies in Palliative and Supportive Carehttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780198567226.001.1/med-9780198567226
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780198567226.png" alt="Emergencies in Palliative and Supportive Care"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>David Currow, Katherine Clark</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780198567226</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Doctor, Qualified, early specialism training, Emergencies in</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780198567226.001.1</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2006</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2010-08</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
This is a practical, accessible guide to all emergency situations encountered in palliative care. It provides clinical guidance for the management of people with progressive life limiting illnesses including cancer, AIDS, end-stage organ failure and neurodegenerative diseases.
</p>David Currow and Katherine Clark2010-08Oxford Textbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Carehttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780198736134.001.0001/med-9780198736134
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780198736134.png" alt="Oxford Textbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>
David W.
Kissane
David W. Kissane
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Victoria, Australia; Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Barry D.
Bultz
Barry D. Bultz
Director, Department of Psychosocial and Rehabilitation Oncology; Clinical Lead: Psychosocial Oncology, Supportive Care and Patient Experience, Tom Baker Cancer Centre; Professor and Head, Division of Psychosocial Oncology, Daniel Family Leadership Chair in Psychosocial Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Phyllis N.
Butow
Phyllis N. Butow
Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Medical psychology and Evidence-based Decision Making (CeMPED), School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Carma L.
Bylund
Carma L. Bylund
Associate Director, Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar; Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar; Consultant, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Simon
Noble
Simon Noble
Clinical Reader and Palliative Medicine Consultant, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, UK
Susie
Wilkinson
Susie Wilkinson
International Liaison Lead, Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool (MCPCIL), Cancer Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780198736134</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Medical Oncology, Doctor, Qualified, early specialism training, Oxford Textbooks</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780198736134.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2017</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2017-02</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
This textbook integrates clinical wisdom with empirical findings, drawing upon the history of communication science, providing a comprehensive curriculum for applied communication skills training for specialist oncologists, surgeons, nurses, psychosocial care providers and other members of the multidisciplinary team. This new edition presents a curriculum for nurses, which discusses needs of pre-registration to advanced trainees, including the ‘SAGE &amp; THYME’ training programme, chronic disease, responding to depressed patients, the last hours and days of life, family care, facilitation training, and e-learning. The core curriculum ranges from breaking bad news, discussing risk and prognosis, achieving shared treatment decisions, responding to difficult emotions, dealing with denial, communicating with relatives and conducting a family meeting, helping patients cope with survivorship, deal with recurrence, transition to palliative care, and talk openly about death and dying. Modules offer guidelines about key skills, essential tasks, effective strategies, and scenarios for training sessions with simulated patients. The communication science section covers the history and models of communication skills training, the art of facilitating skill development, ethics, gender, power, the internet, audio-recording significant consultations, decision aides, and shared treatment decisions, medical student training, and enhancing patient participation in consultations. Specialty issues are explored, including enrolling in clinical trials, working in teams, discussing genetic risk, reconstructive and salvage surgery, among many other important issues. Variations in clinical disciplines are also discussed, including chapters for social workers, radiologists, surgical oncologists, medical and radiation oncologists, palliative medicine, pastoral care, pharmacy, paediatrics, and the elderly.
</p>David W. Kissane, Barry D. Bultz, Phyllis N. Butow, Carma L. Bylund, Simon Noble, and Susie Wilkinson2017-02Pediatric Ethicshttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780199354474.001.0001/med-9780199354474
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780199354474.png" alt="Pediatric EthicsProtecting the Interests of Children"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>Alan R. Fleischman</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780199354474</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Doctor, Nurse, Qualified Nurse, Other</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780199354474.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2016</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2016-09</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
This book examines the many ethical issues related to health and healthcare in children. It describes the field of pediatric ethics, a unique and important aspect of the discipline of bioethics, the study of moral conduct in healthcare and the rational process for determining the best course of action in the face of conflicting choices. The book begins with an exploration of what it means to be a child in America and the unique kinship relationships and obligations engendered by the decision of parents to have a child, and it examines ethical principles and professional obligations related to the care of children. Each of the chapters in the book focuses on important ethical concerns. It begins with ethical issues in creating babies using reproductive technologies, and then continues with an analysis of the ethical issues in labor and delivery of a child. The book continues with an in-depth analysis of the many hard choices faced by families and clinicians in the care of critically ill neonates, and then it goes on to describe current controversies in caring for older children who are dying and their families, as well as ethical issues concerning adolescents; research ethics as it relates to children; issues concerning genetic testing, screening and biobanking; and surgical and medical enhancement of children. Each chapter has case examples to illustrate the real-life concerns of patients, families, and clinicians. The book is intended for students in pediatrics and ethics, as well as for practicing clinicians, and interested families.
</p>Alan R. Fleischman2016-09The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicinehttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780199360192.001.0001/med-9780199360192
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780199360192.png" alt="The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>Rita Charon, Sayantani DasGupta, Nellie Hermann, Craig Irvine, Eric R. Marcus, Edgar Rivera Colsn, Danielle Spencer, Maura Spiegel</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780199360192</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Researcher, Doctor, Other</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780199360192.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2016</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2016-11</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
Narrative medicine is a clinical practice fortified by complex narrative skills that equip healthcare professionals to recognize, absorb, interpret, and be moved to action by patients’ and colleagues’ stories of illness. Founded in 2000 at Columbia University by the authors of this volume, narrative medicine provides rigorous conceptual frameworks and practical clinical methods to increase the accuracy and scope of clinicians’ knowledge of their patients and to deepen their therapeutic partnerships. This book presents the authors’ views, enriched by collaboration with a worldwide network of colleagues, of the workings of the narrative, relational, and reflexive processes of healthcare. Literary theory, narratology, continental philosophies, aesthetic theory, and cultural studies provide the intellectual foundations of narrative medicine, while primary care practice, patient-centered care, psychoanalysis, and interprofessional practice supply the clinical foundations.
The book provides both principles and practices of the central tenets of the discipline—relationality and emotion, the philosophies of embodiment, ethicality, participatory pedagogy, close reading, creativity, and clinical practice. Each Part of this volume explains the conceptual foundations of its subject and demonstrates the pedagogic or clinical methods of putting those principles into action. Narrative medicine has grown since its inception into an international movement including many health professional disciplines, patients, families, and institutions.The overarching goal of narrative medicine is to improve the effectiveness of healthcare. This volume provides the standards of the field’s theory and practice as a guide to all who are now joining in this creative commitment to improve healthcare for all.
</p>Rita Charon, Sayantani DasGupta, Nellie Hermann, Craig Irvine, Eric R. Marcus, Edgar Rivera Colsn, Danielle Spencer, and Maura Spiegel2016-11Oxford Handbook of Palliative Carehttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780199234356.001.0001/med-9780199234356
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780199234356.png" alt="Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>Max Watson, Caroline Lucas, Andrew Hoy, Jo Wells</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780199234356</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Doctor, Qualified, early specialism training, Oxford Medical Handbooks</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780199234356.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2009</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2010-08</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
Updated throughout with an additional emphasis on nursing care, this resource is a concise and authoritative guide to modern palliative care. Easily accessible, it's ideal for the busy professional managing patients with end of life care needs.
</p>Max Watson, Caroline Lucas, Andrew Hoy, and Jo Wells2010-08To Comfort Alwayshttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780199674282.001.0001/med-9780199674282
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780199674282.png" alt="To Comfort AlwaysA history of palliative medicine since the nineteenth century"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>David Clark</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780199674282</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Allied Health Professional, Qualified AHP, Researcher, Oxford Medical Histories</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780199674282.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2016</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2016-11</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
Palliative medicine was first recognized as a specialist field in the United Kingdom in 1987. One hundred years earlier, the London-based doctor William Munk had published a treatise on ‘easeful death’ that mapped out the principles of practical, spiritual, and medical support at the end of life. In the intervening years a major process of development took place, which led to innovative services, new approaches to the study and relief of pain and other distressing symptoms, a growing interest in ‘holistic’ care for those with advanced disease, and a desire to gain more recognition for end-of-life care. This book traces the history of palliative medicine, from its nineteenth-century origins, to its modern practice around the world today. It takes in the changing meaning of ‘euthanasia’; assesses the role of religious and philanthropic organizations in the creation of homes for the dying; and explores how twentieth-century doctors created a special focus on the care of those for whom cure or recovery is not possible. To Comfort Always traces the rise of clinical studies, academic programmes, and international collaborations to promote palliative care. It examines the continuing need to provide evidence in support of development and assesses the dilemmas of unequal access to services and pain-relieving drugs, as well as the periodic accusations of creeping medicalization within the field. The first history of its kind, it concludes with some reflections on the achievements of palliative medicine to date and the challenges that remain.
</p>David Clark2016-11Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursinghttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780190204709.001.0001/med-9780190204709
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780190204709.png" alt="Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>
Constance
Dahlin
Constance Dahlin
Director of Professional Practice, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Palliative Nurse Practitioner, North Shore Medical Center, Salem, MA
Patrick
Coyne
Patrick Coyne
Director of Palliative Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Betty
Ferrell
Betty Ferrell
Professor and Director of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA
</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780190204709</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Medical Skills, Nursing Skills, Nurse, Qualified Nurse, Doctor, Qualified, late specialism training, Other</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780190204709.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2017</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2017-03</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
The Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing is a companion guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing, the first text devoted to advanced practice nursing care of the seriously ill and dying. Each chapter of this pocket guide presents point-of-care guidance on palliative care issues for quick reference in daily practice. Edited by leaders in the field, this handbook provides consistency in the nursing process from assessment to management and evaluation of symptoms and various clinical situations. The Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing contains clinical pearls developed from the textbook and practical tools on pain and symptom assessment, functional status, and communication, making it an ideal resource for practicing advanced practice nurses.
</p>Constance Dahlin, Patrick Coyne, and Betty Ferrell2017-03Physical Aspects of Carehttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780190239442.001.0001/med-9780190239442
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780190239442.png" alt="Physical Aspects of CarePain and Gastrointestinal Symptoms"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>
Betty R.
Ferrell
Betty R. Ferrell
Director and Professor, City of Hope Division of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
Judith A.
Paice
Judith A. Paice
Director, Cancer Pain Program, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780190239442</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Nurse, Qualified Nurse, Allied Health Professional, Qualified AHP, HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780190239442.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2015</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2015-04</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
Palliative care is an essential element of our health care system and becoming increasingly significant amidst an aging society and organizations struggling to provide both compassionate and cost effective care. Palliative care is also characterized by a strong interdisciplinary approach. Nurses are at the center of the palliative care team across settings and populations. This second volume in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Series provides an overview of the principles of symptom assessment and management for symptoms, including pain, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, obstruction, and ascites. The content will help nurses prepare for certification exams as well as provide a quick-reference in daily practice. Plentiful tables, figures, and practical tools such as assessment instruments, pharmacology tables, and patient teaching points are also included.
</p>Judith A. Paice2015-04Physical Aspects of Carehttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780190244330.001.0001/med-9780190244330
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780190244330.png" alt="Physical Aspects of CareNutritional, Dermatologic, Neurologic and Other Symptoms"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>
Judith A.
Paice
Judith A. Paice
Director of Cancer Pain Program; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine; Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Betty R.
Ferrell
Betty R. Ferrell
Professor and Director of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California
</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780190244330</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Medical Skills, Nursing Skills, Nurse, Qualified Nurse, Trainee Nurse, HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780190244330.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2015</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2015-06</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
Palliative care is an essential element of our health care system and becoming increasingly significant amidst an aging society and organizations struggling to provide both compassionate and cost effective care. Palliative care is also characterized by a strong interdisciplinary approach. Nurses are at the center of the palliative care team across settings and populations. This third volume in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals series provides an overview of the principles of symptom assessment and management for symptoms, including fatigue, anorexia and cachexia, artificial nutrition and hydration, urinary tract disorders, lymphedema, skin disorders such as pressure ulcers, wounds, fistulas, and stomas, pruritus, fever, sweats, neurological disorders, anxiety and depression, and insomnia. The content will help prepare nurses for certification exams as well as provide quick-reference in daily practice. Plentiful tables, figures, and practical tools such as assessment instruments, pharmacology tables, and patient teaching points are also included.
</p>Judith A. Paice2015-06Social Aspects of Carehttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780190244132.001.0001/med-9780190244132
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780190244132.png" alt="Social Aspects of Care"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>
Nessa
Coyle
Nessa Coyle
PhD, APRN, FAAN, Consultant, Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics in Oncology, New York, New York, USA
Betty R.
Ferrell
Betty R. Ferrell
Professor and Director of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA
</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780190244132</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Medical Skills, Nursing Skills, Nurse, Qualified Nurse, HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780190244132.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2015</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2016-02</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
The fifth volume in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals is focused on the social aspects of care. Illness is incorporated into every aspect of family life, and there is a mutual influence between illness and the family. Family and illness can be seen as a biopsychosocial model—the fit between family strengths and vulnerabilities in relation to the psychosocial demands over time of the illness. High caregiver burden and financial stress and fatigue are common. The family is living in the face of actual and anticipatory losses associated with the illness, disability (cognitive and physical), suffering, and eventual death. The family needs information on what to expect, and support and encouragement on how to care for themselves, as they navigate a progressive terminal illness. In this way they can, in turn, take care of their loved one. The chapters in this volume provide information on how to support families in palliative care; cultural considerations important in end-of-life care; sexuality and the impact of illness; planning for the actual death; and bereavement. These are part of the social aspects of palliative care.
</p>Nessa Coyle and Betty R. Ferrell2016-02Care of the Imminently Dyinghttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780190244286.001.0001/med-9780190244286
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780190244286.png" alt="Care of the Imminently Dying"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>
Betty
Ferrell
Betty Ferrell
Nessa
Coyle
Nessa Coyle
Judith
Paice
Judith Paice
Judith
Paice
Judith Paice
Director, Cancer Pain Program, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780190244286</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Medical Skills, Nursing Skills, Nurse, Qualified Nurse, Other</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780190244286.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2015</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2016-01</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
Skillful nursing care during the final hours of life can bring comfort and quality, not only to the patient but also to the patient’s loved ones who are attending the death. Symptom burden can increase during this time, and knowledgeable assessment and management are essential to providing a peaceful death. Common concerns during this time include delirium, dyspnea, death rattle, and cough. Urgent syndromes, such as superior vena cava obstruction, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, hemoptysis, spinal cord compression, and hypercalcemia, require expert care. Although in most cases symptoms can be effectively managed, there are situations in which, despite aggressive management, symptoms remain uncontrolled. In these rare incidents of refractory symptoms, palliative sedation may be warranted. The goal of this therapy is to provide relief, not to hasten death. Finally, although assistive devices, such as mechanical ventilation, dialysis, and cardiac devices, replace failing organs, extend life, and improve quality of life by relieving symptom distress, there are times when the burden of these treatments exceeds the benefits. As a consequence, when the patient is near death or unresponsive, decisions may be made to cease these therapies. Palliative care, including expert nursing care along with an interdisciplinary team, is needed to provide a safe and comfortable experience during these final hours.
</p>Judith Paice2016-01Legal and Ethical Aspects of Carehttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780190258061.001.0001/med-9780190258061
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780190258061.png" alt="Legal and Ethical Aspects of Care"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>
Nessa
Coyle
Nessa Coyle
PhD, APRN, FAAN, Consultant, Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics in Oncology, New York, New York, USA
Betty R.
Ferrell
Betty R. Ferrell
Professor and Director of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA
</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780190258061</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Medical Skills, Nursing Skills, Nurse, Qualified Nurse, HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780190258061.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2016</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2016-02</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
Effective palliative care that rests on a sound ethical foundation requires ongoing discussions about patient and family values and preferences. This is especially important when addressing care at end-of-life including artificial nutrition and hydration, withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies and palliative sedation as well as requests for assistance in hastening death. The eighth volume in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals series, Legal and Ethical Aspects of Palliative Care, provides an overview of critical communication skills and formal organizational mechanisms, such as ethics committees and interdisciplinary rounds, required for decisions in ethical dilemmas which respect diversity in the views of colleagues, as well as patients. The content of the concise, clinically focused volumes in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals series is one resource for nurses preparing for specialty certification exams and provides a quick-reference in daily practice.
</p>Nessa Coyle and Betty R. Ferrell2016-02Advanced Practice Palliative Nursinghttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780190204747.001.0001/med-9780190204747
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780190204747.png" alt="Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>
Constance
Dahlin
Constance Dahlin
Clinical Director, Palliative Care Service Massachusetts General Hospital
Patrick
Coyne
Patrick Coyne
Clinical Director of the Thomas Palliative Care Unit, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center
Betty
Ferrell
Betty Ferrell
Professor and Director of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780190204747</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Medical Skills, Nursing Skills, Nurse, Qualified Nurse, Other</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780190204747.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2016</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2016-04</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing is the first text devoted to advanced practice nursing care of seriously ill and dying patients and their families. This comprehensive work addresses all aspects of palliative care, including patients’ and families’ physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs. Chapters cover the history and role of advanced practice palliative nursing, settings where advanced practice registered nurses deliver palliative care, the role and function of the palliative advanced practice registered nurse, advanced pain and symptom management, the importance of communication in palliative nursing, special populations needing a palliative care focus, pediatric palliative care, spiritual and existential issues, reimbursement, and nursing leadership on palliative care teams. Each chapter contains case examples supported by evidence based practice to ensure the highest quality of care. The text is written by leaders in the field, including authors who have pioneered the role of advanced practice registered nurses in palliative care. This volume offers advanced practice content and practical resources for clinical practice across all settings of care and encompassing all ages, from pediatrics to geriatrics.
</p>Constance Dahlin, Patrick Coyne, and Betty Ferrell2016-04Textbook of Palliative Care Communicationhttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780190201708.001.0001/med-9780190201708
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780190201708.png" alt="Textbook of Palliative Care Communication"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>
Elaine
Wittenberg
Elaine Wittenberg
Associate Professor, Division of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center
Betty R.
Ferrell
Betty R. Ferrell
Professor, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center
Joy
Goldsmith
Joy Goldsmith
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Memphis
Thomas
Smith
Thomas Smith
Director of Palliative Medicine, Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sandra L.
Ragan
Sandra L. Ragan
PhD University of Oklahoma (Emeritus) Boerne, Texas
Myra
Glajchen
Myra Glajchen
Doctorate of Social Work (DSW), Beth Israel Medical Center
The Rev George F.
Handzo
The Rev George F. Handzo
Director, Health Services, Research and Quality, HealthCare Chaplaincy Network
</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780190201708</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Medical Skills, Communication Skills, Doctor, Qualified, early specialism training, Qualified, late specialism training, Qualified, specialist, Other</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780190201708.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2015</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2015-10</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
The Textbook of Palliative Care Communication is the authoritative text on communication in palliative care, providing a compilation of international and interdisciplinary perspectives. The volume was uniquely developed by an interdisciplinary editorial team to address an array of providers, including physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains, and unites clinicians and academic researchers interested in the study of communication. By featuring practical conversation and curriculum tools stemming from research, this text integrates scholarship and inquiry into translatable content that others can use to improve their practice, teach skills to others, and engage in patient-centered communication. The volume begins by defining communication, explicating debatable issues in research, and highlighting specific approaches to studying communication in a palliative care context. Chapters focus on health literacy and cultural communication; patient and family communication; barriers and approaches to discussing palliative care with specific patient populations; and discussing pain, life support, advance care planning, and quality of life topics such as sexuality, spirituality, hope, and grief. Team communication in various care settings is outlined, and current research and education for healthcare professionals are summarized. Unique to this volume are chapters on conducting communication research, both qualitatively and quantitatively, to promote further research in palliative care.
</p>Elaine Wittenberg, Betty R. Ferrell, Joy Goldsmith, Thomas Smith, Myra Glajchen, and The Rev George F. Handzo2015-10Compassionhttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780198703310.001.0001/med-9780198703310
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780198703310.png" alt="CompassionThe Essence of Palliative and End-of-Life Care"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>Philip J. Larkin</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780198703310</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Doctor, Allied Health Professional, Nurse, Qualified, early specialism training, Qualified, late specialism training, Qualified, specialist, Other</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780198703310.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2015</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2016-02</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
Compassion is a complex and multifaceted concept that has been explored from a range of cultural, philosophical, theological, and sociological perspectives. It can be considered a prerequisite for optimal health care, an expectation of the general public from their health care system, and a specific approach to care which should underpin the work of health care professionals globally. Given the nature of life-limiting illness and the challenges that shifting goals of care impose, the place of compassion as the underlying construct governing health care decisions would seem paramount. Yet there is an increasing concern-particularly in the UK media and recent reviews of clinical practices around end-of-life care-suggesting that somehow compassion has been lost as a governing principle of care giving. The reasons for this are not always clear, but increased clinical intervention, the over-professionalization of care, and lack of formal teaching on the topic of compassion are all indicated. Given the complex nature of care in advanced illness and life-limiting disease, the place of compassion within palliative and end-of-life care is worthy of further exploration to try to understand this phenomenon better. This book asks an international panel of expert palliative care practitioners to consider these issues for themselves and the discipline as we move into the 21st century. Through a series of interviews with some of the world’s experts in the field, the meaning, purpose, and outcome of providing compassionate care for palliative and end-of-life care is explored and critiqued. A critical commentary of themes raised by each contributor is discussed relative to the broader literature around the topic, and further reading and learning resources indicated for practitioners, educators, and students to follow up.
</p>Philip J. Larkin2016-02Geriatric Palliative Carehttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780195389319.001.0001/med-9780195389319
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780195389319.png" alt="Geriatric Palliative Care"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>
Emily
Chai
Emily Chai
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Diane
Meier
Diane Meier
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jane
Morris
Jane Morris
New York Hospital Queens
, Suzanne Goldhirsch</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780195389319</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Doctor, Qualified, specialist, Qualified, late specialism training, Nurse, Qualified Nurse, Other</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780195389319.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2014</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2014-11</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
The growing geriatric population has created an increasing need for palliative medicine services across the range of medical and surgical specialties, but palliative medicine lacks the resources to carry such a workload itself. This online resource addresses this need by encouraging individual specialties to address the management of the elderly with the same vigor as they address other key management competencies within their specialty. This clinically focused online resource encourages this process of learning and ownership across many medical specialties. It outlines specific strategies present is specific palliative care issues common in elderly patients, and also provides evidence-based advice for helping patients, relatives, and staff cope with such issues as polypharmacy, dementia and consent, multiple pathologies, home care, elderly caregivers, and supporting the elderly in the place where they would like to be.
</p>Emily Chai, Diane Meier, Jane Morris, and Suzanne Goldhirsch2014-11Palliative Carehttp://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780198702412.001.0001/med-9780198702412
<table><tr><td width="200px"><img width="150px" src="http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/covers/9780198702412.png" alt="Palliative Care"/><br/></td><td><dl><dt>Author:</dt><dd>Christina Faull, Kerry Blankley</dd><dt>ISBN:</dt><dd>9780198702412</dd><dt>Publisher:</dt><dd>Oxford University Press</dd><dt>Subjects:</dt><dd>Clinical Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Nurse, Qualified Nurse, Allied Health Professional, Trainee AHP, Qualified AHP, Other</dd><dt>DOI:</dt><dd>10.1093/med/9780198702412.001.0001</dd><dt>Published in print:</dt><dd>2015</dd><dt>Published Online:</dt><dd>2015-05</dd></dl></td></tr></table><p>
Patients with advanced disease present some of the most challenging ethical, physical, psychological and social issues to clinicians and to society. This fully revised and updated new edition of Palliative Care outlines the fundamental principles and facts which will enable palliative medicine staff to make a very real difference to patients and their families. Information is provided in an accessible, user-friendly way and covers a wide range of physical and non-physical symptom management. Multi-professional team work is addressed, as is the role and support of families. There is also a consideration of the dilemmas and decisions that may be encountered by doctors around the end of a patient's life.
</p>Christina Faull and Kerry Blankley2015-05